Editing Odesa (section)

=== Public transport ===
[[File:Tramways d'Odessa 1881.jpg|left|thumb|Share of the Belgian company "Tramways d'Odessa", issued 24 August 1881]]
[[File:Oděsa, Sofijska, tramvaj.jpg|thumb|An [[Trams in Odesa|Odesa tram]] on Sofievska Street]]

In 1881, Odesa became the first city in Imperial Russia to have steam tramway lines, an innovation that came only one year after the establishment of [[horsecar|horse tramway]] services in 1880 operated by the "Tramways d'Odessa", a Belgian owned company.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The first [[Narrow-gauge railway|metre-gauge]] steam tramway line ran from Railway Station to Great Fontaine and the second one to Hadzhi Bey Liman. These routes were both operated by the same Belgian company. Electric tramway started to operate on 22 August 1907. Trams were imported from Germany.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

The city's [[public transport|public transit]] system is currently made up of trams,<ref name="trams">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgmaestro.com/tram|title=Odessa Tram Themes|access-date=2 May 2006|archive-date=11 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311074800/http://www.dgmaestro.com/tram/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[trolleybus]]es, buses and fixed-route taxis ([[marshrutka]]s). Odesa also has a [[Aerial lift|cable car]] to [[Vidrada]] Beach,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cable car to beach "Otrada" - Odesa |url=http://wikimapia.org/6811754/Cable-car-to-beach-Otrada |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=wikimapia.org |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104141617/http://wikimapia.org/6811754/Cable-car-to-beach-Otrada |url-status=live }}</ref> and recreational ferry service. There are two routes of public transport which connect Odesa Airport with the city center: trolley-bus No.14 and marshrutka No.117.<ref>[https://leodessa.com/odessa-public-transport/ Odessa tour guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003091810/https://leodessa.com/odessa-public-transport/ |date=3 October 2019 }}. leodessa.com</ref>

One additional mode of transport in Odesa is the [[Potemkin Stairs]] [[Odesa Funicular|funicular railway]], which runs between the city's Primorsky Bulvar and the sea terminal, has been in service since 1902. In 1998, after many years of neglect, the city decided to raise funds for a replacement track and cars. This project was delayed on multiple occasions but was finally completed eight years later in 2005.<ref>[http://www.odessaguide.net/sights_cablecar.en.html Odessa Sights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104141624/http://www.odessaguide.net/sights_cablecar.en.html |date=4 November 2016 }}. odessaguide.net</ref> The [[funicular]] has now become as much a part of historic Odesa as the staircase to which it runs parallel.